Congress's Contempt Power and the Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas : Law, History, Practice, and Procedure.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division.

Contributor:

Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--Powers and duties.

United States.

United States. Congress.

Judge-made law.

Executive-legislative relations.

Criminal procedure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (82 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examines source of Congressional contempt power, reviews historical development of early case law, outlines statutory and common law basis for Congressional contempt power, and analyzes procedures associated with inherent contempt, criminal contempt, and civil enforcement of subpoenas. Discusses both non-constitutional and constitutionally based limitations on the power. Addresses significance of House Judiciary Committee dispute with the White House over the dismissal of several U.S. attorneys that resulted in votes for criminal contempt of Congress and the U.S. district court opinion in Committee on the Judiciary v. Miers .

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Congress's Contempt Power and the Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas

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